As the transfer window shuts, it’s busy times for people like me to update databases of not just the football teams we like but in fact everyone since we love to put things straight and factual.

I missed the old system of having no transfer window, but it seems like the world has gotten used to it. Now I’d like to agree with some managers over having the summer transfer deadline before the season starts.

This would avoid the “disturbance” caused by Berbatov in the Tottenham camp for the first few games of the season (Indeed it was Juande Ramos who suggested this) and also the case of Daniel Cousin who wanted to move to Fulham in the winter transfer window last season but couldn’t because he’d turned out as a sub for Lens before his move to Rangers and FIFA ruled that a player couldn’t turn up for more than two clubs in one footballing season.

Of course, the problem lies in the starts and ends of league fixtures in Europe which differ greatly  between countries. You could see now why Blatter wants every league in Europe to have only 18 clubs (I oppose this), and we can probably put a line somewhere on when the top leagues start the season, but countries like Russia and Sweden end theirs just before the freezing winter.

But I’d like to make a point that two months is really a long time to wring out a deal for a club with transfer targets that have been identified throughout the season, even with a major footballing summer tournament happening, and with the flexibility of the internet, players could discuss and sign contracts in their vacation homes.

Player agents and superagents would then have a crazy summer but since they do nothing else over most of the season and still get money over player transfers then it’s a good case to take up with.